The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-10
IVES is DEFIANT.
A rAnALrzED COMMITTEE.
Tho Young Man Refuses to Show his Books
and Declines to issslgn from the Man.
ngsmsnt of tho q. II. r d. Road.
n Threatened with Proceedings. n

Ngw York, August 0.-There are good
many different btories current In regard to
tho meeting between the Investigating
Committee Of the O., Il, & D. R. r. and
the Ives crowd yesterday. MA 5i
| The Times to-day prints the following in
regard to the days experience Of these
gentlemen: tx.
The very weary and diugusted citizsnn
OF Cincinnati trudged out OF Wall street
last evening. They are big men at home,
these, citizens OF Cincinnati. but New
York ian't exactly like Cincinnati, 90 these
good men agres. For this Lesson, learned
very Thoroughly, they are indebted par.
ticularly to Mr.. Henry s. Ives. S3
The Ohio trio came TO this town along
with Mr.. 1ves on Sunday. ga5i 4 IS. a
'"We will be around to see you carly to.
morrow" said the trio, as they babe the
apzy, young fnanclor goodbye on San
day evening at the New York landing.
I'm sure you will BIZ welcome" was
the pleasant assurance Mr.. Ives gave
them. ~ 5fais Va ..sts' 7.'s
All on time '"early" yesterday the jnves-
tigating gentlemen climbed up the steps
OF tho Ives Office. "a. u 3 eEl13
"Ah, gentlemen, I sul delighted to see
you," quoth Henry s., almost ecatatcally,
and In glib vocabulary he hoped that
Cincinnati'a representatives were enjoying
themselves. & (. i5 '!',l.5s
3F WOULDN'T SHOW THE BOOKS si 5-
2 The visitors looked little dazed, and
two OF the three were fairly overcome by
this sort Of greeting. Said No. 8, however,
speaking for himself aud bis overcome
companions: Z, S55 ,sg5
.But we want to sse your books, MIR.
Ives." 10 sF'5ls.a
IA very interesting ambition, I'm sure"
quoth Ives. p ..55. I'd e,
swell, suppose you are ready TO show
them to US, aren't your went on the
Cincinnati gentleman, now awake.
Not that know Of" said Mr., Ives.
,"Wha.E' calculated Cincinnatian No.
Three. gl,5 GssSsAi
,"Wha.r' echoed the other two Ciucin-
natl gentlemen.
II am a little inclined to keep my own
bnslness to myself, that's all" said Mr..
Ives. g. 80 i-i.i.s3s.. gal
& Thus came to grief right at the start the
much heralded ''lnvesugation"' that West
ern Stockholders Of the Cincinnati, Ham.
ilton 4 Dayton Railroad HAYS tx psc.ed to
get 10 much satisfaction cut Of. Mr.. Ives
acted on the advice Of the dozen lawyers
who have nov been engaged for months
in his behalf. .5s ,ss'55 5i 3 + 5al
VERY PLAIN WORDS.
They plumpiy demanded that Ives and
his partner should resign at once the af-
isirs Of tho Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton road into the hands Of the Ives credi-
itors and. the company's other share
holders .ts 49, IS i7
Mr.. Ives bothered himself only to smile
at t ,ia native suggestion, saying archly:
"We don't think va will do just that right
away. We are contented where We ars."'
Then there was talking out in the Meot.
ing, Mr.. Ives isn't isstidions; otherwis
he might have suffered, Tor aome Of the
words that he had 10 listen to were not
exactly art words OF pol:teness.
One aggressive creditor moved that
committee be appointed to investigate the
whole Ives outfit, the contracts by which
possession was held OF the Western rail-
roads, and the circumstances attending
the financial management OF those made
since Ives got control. a.
Mr.. Ives inter- scted not a single objac.
ton. The committee was appointed, the
Cincinnati example all undecided. Irving
a. Evans, Of Boston, Yankee of the
shrewdeat typeithatever has been ditcoveI-
ed, was awarded the committee chairman
ship, and for conlerrees no lad James
Thompson and Thomas J, Emory. OF Gu.
cinnati. a
This meeting, assured that this Was ma
terial progress, sdjourusd aud went: to
dinner.
THH EVENING MEETING. nj
At the evening meeting there were
representatives Of various corporations in
terested and several of Iypa' credjtors